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Random music news for Monday, April 25, 2022

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Eddie Vedder, Mick Jagger, Misfiits, Paul Shaffer, Rolling Stone, Steel Panther, The Tubes, Vinyl, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, WKRP

A poop pill miracle for crushing it at the gym? Maybe. Now here’s the situation with music news for April

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Music News Radio 

With the death of Howard Hesseman, here’s the biography/obituary of Dr. Johnny Fever

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Alan Cross 6 Comments Howard Hesseman, RIP, WKRP

When I was still a little nubbin figuring out what I wanted to do when I grew up, I became

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Gift idea: How did I miss this radio-related present?

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Announcers, DJs, Radio, Sears Catalogue, Toys, WKRP

I was already in radio when this appeared in the Sears catalogue in 1982. Still, I would have grabbed one

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Random music news for Friday, June 18, 2021

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Frank Bonner, Juno Awards, Keith Richards, Motley Crue, Music Discovery, MusiCounts, Nirvana, Noel Gallagher, Skid Row, Techno, Video Games, WKRP

Damn. I was really hoping for a supernova in our lifetime, but it’s not going to happen. Assuage yourself with

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Random music news for Tuesday, December 29, 2020

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AEG, Damon Albarn, David Hasselhoff, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Ghost, KISS, Lana Del Rey, Nashville, Sammy Hagar, WKRP

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

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Radio Television 

Because it’s US Thanksgiving, it’s almost the law I post this.

November 26, 2020November 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Turkey Drop, WKRP

As God as my witness, this is a TV classic.

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, February 20, 2019

February 20, 2019February 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, Academy Awards, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart Attack Man, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Oscars, Ozzy, Queen, Shazam, Soundcloud, Stradivarius, WKRP, Wolfmother

This is the date–February 20, 2003–of the Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island when 100 people died and 200 were

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Television 

All the songs played on the original editions of WKRP in Cincinnati tracked for the first time

March 15, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Songs, WKRP

When WKRP in Cincinnati debuted on CBS in the fall of 1978, it introduced a radical use of music. Up

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Television 

Hugh Wilson, the guy who created WKRP in Cincinnati has died

January 18, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Hugh Wilson, WKRP

Back in the day, WKRP in Cincinnati was required viewing for all of us wannabe radio people. If you work

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Radio Television 

Because It’s US Thanksgiving, We Must Revisit the Famous WKRP Clip

November 24, 2016November 23, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Thanksgiving, Turkeys, WKRP

This remains one of the funniest bits in all of TV. The official title of this 1978 episode of WKRP

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Radio Television 

No, Real Radio Isn’t Like What We Saw on WKRP

December 11, 2014December 10, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Radio industry, WKRP

Now that WKRP in Cincinnati is out on DVD with most of the original music intact (getting that straight was

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